Kansas's 19th Senate district

Kansas's 19th State Senate district
Senator	Patrick Schmidt D – Topeka
Demographics	69%  White 11%  Black 16%  Hispanic 0%  Asian 1%  Native American 3% Other
Population (2018)	69,433 [1]

Kansas's 19th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It had been represented by Democrat Patrick Schmidt since 2025.

Geography

District 19 covers all of Osage County and parts of Douglas, Jefferson, and Shawnee Counties, including much of eastern Topeka and southern Lawrence as well as Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, and Overbrook. ^[2]

The district is located entirely within Kansas's 2nd congressional district, and overlaps with the 10th, 45th, 47th, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, and 76th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives. ^[3]

Recent election results

2020

2020 Kansas Senate election, District 19 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Kloos	16,141	51.0
	Democratic	Anthony Hensley (incumbent)	15,483	49.0
Total votes			31,624	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2016

2016 Kansas Senate election, District 19 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Hensley (incumbent)	16,181	57.3
	Republican	Zach Haney	12,068	42.7
Total votes			28,249	100
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 Kansas Senate election, District 19 ^[4]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Casey Moore	4,238	81.3
	Republican	Matthew Windheuser	978	18.7
Total votes			5,216	100
General election
	Democratic	Anthony Hensley (incumbent)	16,543	58.5
	Republican	Casey Moore	11,756	41.5
Total votes			28,299	100
	Democratic hold

Federal and statewide results

Year	Office	Results [5] [6]
2020	President	Trump 51.2 – 46.3%
2018	Governor	Kelly 55.2 – 35.3%
2016	President	Trump 50.7 – 42.6%
2012	President	Romney 48.9 – 48.6%

References

1. "State Senate District 19, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
2. "Senate District 19" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
3. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
4. "Kansas State Senate District 19". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
5. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
6. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.